diff --git a/src/sound/i_music.cpp b/src/sound/i_music.cpp
index ba98b470d4..0eedfbdc88 100644
--- a/src/sound/i_music.cpp
+++ b/src/sound/i_music.cpp
@@ -477,8 +477,6 @@ MusInfo *I_RegisterSong (const char *filename, BYTE *musiccache, int offset, int
 	EMIDIType miditype = IdentifyMIDIType(id, sizeof(id));
 	if (miditype != MIDI_NOTMIDI)
 	{
-		TArray<BYTE> midi;
-
 		EMidiDevice devtype = (EMidiDevice)device;
 
 retry_as_fmod:
diff --git a/src/sound/music_gme.cpp b/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
index 08700c8b33..0c3d8c8c39 100644
--- a/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
+++ b/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ bool GMESong::Read(SoundStream *stream, void *buff, int len, void *userdata)
 		else
 		{
 			memset(buff, 0, len);
+			song->CritSec.Leave();
 			return false;
 		}
 	}